[B-Greek] Classic or Koine
Paul Schmehl
pschmehl at sbcglobal.net
Wed Dec 17 21:31:38 EST 2003
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl W. Conrad" <cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu>
To: "David Ramirez" <dramirez at panam.edu>
Cc: "Biblical Greek" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Classic or Koine
>
> Beyond that, there are several of us here on the B-Greek list who are more
> or less competent in both classical Attic and Koine, so you are surely
> welcome to put specific questions about differences here.
> --
This too is classical - classical understatement. :-)
I have taken (formally) both Koine and Classical Greek. In fact, my
professor for Classical Greek used the very same Athenaze series. As one
who has an intense interest in the Bible, and particularly the New
Testament, I have found that learning Classical Greek helped to temper
greatly my understanding of the meaning of words. All too often words used
in the New Testament are endowed with very great significance by some
people. Understanding how they were used in secular literature helps to
moderate the enthusiasm that comes from a religious view of their meaning.
Paul Schmehl
pschmehl at sbcglobal.net
http://www.utdallas.edu/~pauls/
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